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Papua New Guinea: Net flows on external debt, short-term

411.13Mcurrent USD · 2025+182.7% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Papua New Guinea from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025411,132,000
2024104,746,000
2023-115,223,000
2022-157,763,000
2021-118,226,000
2020-242,751,000
2019333,986,000
2018234,582,000
2017-382,522,000
2016144,442,000
2015-497,036,000
2014494,431,000
201352,580,000
2012138,141,000
2011-291,000,000
2010302,000,000
2009102,000,000
2008-164,000,000
200795,000,000
2006-128,000,000
2005127,000,000
2004-14,000,000
200344,000,000
2002-17,000,000
2001-3,000,000
2000-27,460,000
1999-59,270,000
19982,730,000
1997120,200,000
1996-43,820,000
1995-21,380,000
1994-164,940,000
1993-148,300,000
1992294,910,000
199145,720,000
1990-93,070,000
198929,780,000
198829,900,000
198743,000,000
1986-84,000,000
19851,000,000
198478,000,000
1983-115,000,000
198220,000,000
198198,000,000
198036,000,000
1979-25,000,000
1978-46,000,000
197799,000,000
19760
19750
19740
19730
19720
19710
19700

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World Bank (2026). Net flows on external debt, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-flows-on-external-debt-short-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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